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Whittaker modules for $\widehat{\mathfrak gl}$ and $\mathcal W_{1+ \infty}$-modules which are not tensor products

Quantum Algebra 2021-12-17 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We consider the Whittaker modules M1(λ,μ)M_{1}(\lambda,\mu) for the Weyl vertex algebra MM, constructed in arXiv:1811.04649, where it was proved that these modules are irreducible for each finite cyclic orbifold MZnM^{\Bbb Z_n}. In this paper, we consider the modules M1(λ,μ)M_{1}(\lambda,\mu) as modules for the Z{\Bbb Z}-orbifold of MM, denoted by M0M^0. M0M^0 is isomorphic to the vertex algebra W1+,c=1=M(2)M1(1)\mathcal W_{1+\infty, c=-1} = \mathcal M(2) \otimes M_1(1) which is the tensor product of the Heisenberg vertex algebra M1(1)M_1(1) and the singlet algebra M(2)\mathcal M(2). Furthermore, these modules are also modules of the Lie algebra gl^\widehat{\mathfrak gl} with central charge c=1c=-1. We prove they are reducible as gl^\widehat{\mathfrak gl}-modules (and therefore also as M0M^0-modules), and we completely describe their irreducible quotients L(d,λ,μ)L(d,\lambda,\mu). We show that L(d,λ,μ)L(d,\lambda,\mu) in most cases are not tensor product modules for the vertex algebra M(2)M1(1) \mathcal M(2) \otimes M_1(1). Moreover, we show that all constructed modules are typical in the sense that they are irreducible for the Heisenberg-Virasoro vertex subalgebra of W1+,c=1\mathcal W_{1+\infty, c=-1}.

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@article{arxiv.2112.08725,
  title  = {Whittaker modules for $\widehat{\mathfrak gl}$ and $\mathcal W_{1+ \infty}$-modules which are not tensor products},
  author = {Drazen Adamovic and Veronika Pedic Tomic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.08725},
  year   = {2021}
}

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25 pages

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